2. Important Truth: We are the primary beneficiaries of worship, not God.

3. 1. Come to God through Christ “You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.” (Jer. 29:13, NIV)

4. Important Truth: Genuine worship comes from the heart. “God is spirit, and His worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth.” (John 4:24, NIV)

5. “It’s your sins that have cut you off from God. Because of your sins, He has turned away and will not listen anymore.” (Isa. 59:2, NLT)

6. “For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard.” (Rom. 3:23, NLT)

7. “…I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6, NIV)

8. “I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. He will come in and go out, and find pasture.” (John 10:9, NIV)

9. 2. Comprehend Worship

10. 2 Aspects of Worship: 1. Reverence Important Truth: Acceptable worship involves the fear of the Lord.

11. 2 Aspects of Worship: 1. Reverence “Jesus said to him, ‘Away from me, Satan! For it is written: Worship the Lord Your God, and serve Him only. ’” (Matt. 4:10, NIV)

12. 2 Aspects of Worship: 1. Reverence “Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our ‘God is a consuming fire.’” (Heb. 12:28-29 NIV)

13. 2 Aspects of Worship: 2. Celebration “Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song.” (Ps. 95:1-2 NIV)

14. 2 Aspects of Worship: 2. Celebration “You who fear the LORD, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor him! Revere him, all you descendants of Israel!” (Ps. 22:23 NIV)

15. 2 Manifestations of Worship: 1. Glorification 2. Goodwill Important Truth: True worship involves work.

16. “Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship.” (Rom. 12:1 NIV)

17. “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.” (James 1:27 NIV)

18. Basic Principle of Christianity: When you care for people, you honor God in whose image they were created.

19. 1.Come to God through Christ 2.Comprehend Worship 3.Live the Life

20. “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind; and, Love your neighbor as yourself.” (Luke 10:27 NIV)